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Event summary - ESTICT

Posted by Zak Mensah on Thursday 25 November 2010
Tags: delivery | e-learning | equipment | user experience | workflow |

The day was led by the ESTICT SIG Steering Group and featured a range of guest presenters who focused on the pedagogical uses and experiences of a variety of in-class technologies, including: lecture capture (experiences and a demo of one system), voting systems, and tools such as Digital Pens.

The event attracted a range of teaching and support staff from both FE and HE and gave us great insights into a whole range of pros and cons of digital tools and hardware in real courses and classes. Rather than repeat what was presented, all of the day's resources - including recorded screencasts and slides - are now online via the ESTICT at Bath wiki.

For me, the format of the day (short 20 min presentations) and hands-on use of all of the tools and kit discussed, allowed me to experience a lot in a very short time period and see multiple contexts - what works for one person and situation may not work for another.

As a support member within education rather than a teaching member of staff (with the exception of my workshops), it was very beneficial to hear teaching staff dig deep into their motivations and their candid opinions on their results gave me plenty of food for thought and a new list of support technologies our service will look into.

Electronic voting systems (EVS) demonstrate the potential benefits of interactive sessions and nice uses of graphics. The Panopto lecture capture system seems like a good tool and has a number of workflow implications and potential benefits for users and sessions.

Mobile use by students is growing as predicted and has many issues for institutions to begin to tackle including 'what can we support now and in the near future?'

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